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This document summarizes the Sanskrit grammatical theory of Sphota. It discusses how grammarians viewed Sphota as expressing meaning in language. They saw Sphota as both the smallest unit of language that expresses meaning (similar to a sentence), as well as identical to Brahman, the ultimate metaphysical reality. Grammarians believed that while many sentences appear empirically different, they are ultimately transformations of a single, indivisible Sphota. This unified Sphota is comparable to Brahman, whic
- Author
- Cecco Angiolieri
- Language
- EN